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The Pulse Redefined: Rhythmic Complexity in 20th-Century Music

The Pulse Redefined: Rhythmic Complexity in 20th-Century Music

Update: 2025-10-20
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The Pulse Redefined: Rhythmic Complexity in 20th-Century Music in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop!

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When The Rite of Spring premiered in Paris, 1913, its jarring rhythms helped cause a near riot. Audience members shouted, booed, and even fought. A century later, the same rhythms are considered masterpieces of modernity—proof that innovation often sounds like chaos before it becomes art.

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Steven is a Canadian composer & actor living in Toronto. Through his music, he creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his music website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.

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The Pulse Redefined: Rhythmic Complexity in 20th-Century Music

The Pulse Redefined: Rhythmic Complexity in 20th-Century Music

Steven Hobé, Composer & Host